Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-12
STATE NEWS NOTES.
ITENs OF INTEREST CLEANED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES.
Miscellaneous Matters, Covering in their Scope
the Most Important Occurrences IN the
Several Counties.

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Several houses were broken into and
robbed, near Parkersburg, during the fair.
The dwelling house of Stuart Hickman,
of Nicholas county, burned "Wednesday
night, of last week.
Russell Sprigg, aged four years, of Brax-
ton county, had one of his hands mashed
in the cogs of of a sugar mill.
The Auburn Guards, of Richie county,
gave a sham battle a few days ago. FIVE
hundred spectators were present.
Policeman Bowden, of Huntington, was
almost beaten to death by a gang OF
toughs a few days ago. Six arrests were
made.
A cav mill and several thousand feet OF
lumber, on Lies Run, Lewis county, be-
longing to D. c. Mitchell WAS reduced to
ashes last Thursday night.
In Richie county, last Sunday, a mar
named Lamp became involved in a quarrel
with George McGilten, Of Hebron and put
a 32-calibre ball through his arm.
The B. & o. Co. are discarding the pres
ent air brakes on passenger cars and are
substituting the Westinghouse automatic
air break, which is said to be the best now
existing.
James Conrad, of Canoe Run, Lewis
county, was very seriously injured in Brax-
ton county last Wednesday, while driving
q threshing machine, which upset and fell
upon him.
The dwelling house of a man named
Hess. living in Marion county, was
totally destroyed by fire during the abb
sence of the family, who lost all but VIVA
they had on their backs.
A young child of Levi Wright, of Marion
county, while playing with a bean hull,
attempted to swallow it and the shell lodg-
ed in the infants throat, causing its death
by s~uffocation in a few hours.
John Jordan, of Coopers Creek, ka-
nawha county, while engaged in serenad-
ing a couple at Charles Burdetts, last
week, fell over a pillow and ran the handle
into the upper part of his hip, n 1t IS
thought he cannot recover.
The big suit of the Spring Garden Bank
against the Hulings Lumber Company
which involves about $25, 900 and 10000
acres of land in Tucker and Randolph
counties was decided in favor of the plain
tiff as against the Hulings Lumber Com
pany.
Last winter DR.. Hall, of Richie c. H.,
lost a ten dollar pair of gold spectacles.
One day this summer his hired girl brought
from the ice-house a large cake Of ice, and
low and behold, within that cake was the
DOCTORS identical glasses, which had to
be chopped out.
During a thunder storm c. Z. Dooley,
-r "-oo~h-ipr- was shocked nv q bolt which
struck a tree eighty yards of. His vest
was hanging on the tree with his watch in
the pocket. Upon examination the watch
case was found to be melted but the vest
was perfectly whole.
A man named Raitt. who was taken to
the Asylum at Weston from Parkersburg,
directly after the wal, has made application,
through his friends for back pension money
amounting TO about 81, 600. He has been
receiving eight or nine dollarsa month, and
now asks for seventy-five dollars per month,
with back pay.
A company of gentlemen propose to en-
gage in the business of shipping fresh meat
from Ronceverte, Greenbrier county, to the
city markets. They will invest $50, 900 in
the business, and erect slaughter pens and
suitable buildings at or near the
town, soon as a suitable location can be OBJ
tanned. A large and profitable business is
expected, and other enterprises are likely
to come from it.
A horse and mule were stolen from VIM.
Belchers, on C~ampbell's Greek, last week.
T~hirty-three dollars in money was taken
from an old gentleman by the name of
Henson the same night. s. w. Jordan's
horse pete was stolen from his stable at
st. hlbans Friday night, and numbers Of
horses have been stolen from Nicholas
county farmers in the last lew weeks.
Some reckless boys, either maliciously
or in pure reaklessness, fired into the Par
kersburg accommodation just after it
passed Bridgeport coming to Grafton last
Monday. The bullet struck and broke the
last window Of the rear COACH. Captain
Defries was in direct range OF the bullet
but it seems to have been detected by
the glass and the conductor escaped un-
hurt.
Last Saturday morning about 7 o'clock,
a man was found lying in a potato patch
near No. ~ tunnel, in Richie county, in
an unconscious condition, c~oatless, hatless
and bootless. On q close examination it
was seen whore he had struck q rock near
the road, and about so feet from where he
was found. The supposition was that he
had fallen from off the night express which
passes that place about $3.50 a. m. There
was blood and hair sticking to the rock,
and after striking be had rolled over and
over down the dump to where he was found,
a distance of ninety feet. He was
put on the pickup and taken to Penns-
boro. He had received a fearful scalp
wound on the back part Of the head, and
his right arm was badly lacerated, but the
doctor thought that no bones were broken.
From documents found on his person, he
was a delegate to the international Med
ical Congress, from Southern Illinois,
which was held 10 Washington City last
week. From a card found iI his vest
his name is Wetmore, q German
physician, and supposed to belong TO East
st. Louis. He bad on his person 1876
a fine gold watch, gold glasses and two
penknivss. The next day he recovered
COnSCiOuSutSc, anu was dulO " SO ~ Ills
home during the week,
4 syndicate composed OF wealthy citi-
gems Of Taylor and Preston counties have
purchased the KiDgwood Railroad which
is now in course of construction from King
wood to Tunnelton, where it will connect
with the B. o. The Kingwood Railroad
Company graded the entire road, built all
the t~restles and put all the crossties on the
From some cause operations
ceased q year ago, and it looked as if the
road would not be completed. The COM
pany tried to make arrangements with the
and Ohio to assume control and
the road, but no understand
ing was reached. Similar efforts in
other directions failed also. The COM
pany has executed a mortgage to the
syndicate for So, 600, and has also is
sued TO the same $25, OOG Of the origi-